And at BtP, where we can never resist a pun, the first Procol
century will finish in Finnish,
with the words of the song that started it all, and a translation
too (thanks, Rainer)

This is our last
instalment of the century. During 1999 'Beyond the
Pale' has again been updated with new material every
single day. We wish to thank all of you who have
continued to contribute to the cause. And to all the
Palers who visited the website: thanks for keeping the
flames in your heart burning brightly. Jens
and Roland

Tomorrow this page will be updated as the Kiribati
Islands enter the new millennium ... the first place in the
world to do so ... at 10.00 in the morning GMT or 11.00 in the
morning Central European Time

December 30:BtP update
was late tonight because the webmaster was taking a full backup
in the light of Y2K (better safe than sorry)

Show your Haroid skill ... and use your common-sense ... on
our fourth collection of prize quizzes
... If you can't log on for a few days, don't worry: you can join
in any time over the twelve days and catch up easily.

Updated information on Stand
by Me, the CD by the Danish artist Flemming "Bamse"
Jørgensen featuring a cover version of A Whiter Shade of Pale. (thanks, Flemming)

December 26:

Adduced our second helping of prize
quizzes ... you could already be well on the way to winning
some Harum goodies. If you can't log on for a few days, don't
worry: you can join in any time over the twelve days and
catch up easily.

Yes, to all those
who have written in! BtP will be running our traditional
Twelve Days of Christmas Procol quizzes, starting on 25 December:
please have a look at our excellent
prizes and decide which one you want! We have signed CDs,
shirts, souvenir programmes, badges ... and the first three copies
of the Procol Biography to be made available! (thanks, Westside, Strange Fruit, SAF
publishing, Shine On, and Gary Brooker)

To vote A Whiter Shade of Pale best song of the
Millennium, follow the Rolling Stone 'Daily News'link on
the top left of this page ... you can see how the song fared in
the Dutch Poll on the same subject(thanks, Eric / Wilfried)

Added a new, illustrated
interview with Geoff Whitehorn ... in which he doesn't
mention Procol Harum at all! Incidentally if you want to play
like him you could do worse than buy January 2000's Total
Guitar which comes with instructional CD (thanks, Christian!)

Maybe too late for Christmas but lists
some collectable Procol Harum items. Added a link to it from our For Sale section.

Vote A Whiter Shade of Pale best song of the Millennium!
Follow the Rolling Stone 'Daily News'link on the top left
of this page.

To prove Keith Reid's point about his words passing into
common parlance, also added a fragment of a flagellation fantasy
to this
AWSoP page : not for those of a nervous disposition or
high moral standpoint (thanks, ...
er ... do you really want your name attached to this discovery?)

We've got a lot of new PH friends on the
Fans' list: can we get to 300 by Christmas when it's bound to
snow? Click here to add yourself if
you would like to ... thanks and Helloto all those who have recently
come on board!